State Senator John Eklund of Ohio wants to school himself and his colleagues about sports betting. Last week he told Sports Handle: “At one point, I may have had a preconceived notion” about sports betting in the Buckeye State. “Like who is going to regulate and what will the tax rate be, but there is much more to this than that.”
Noting that the legislature has a “placeholder” bill in play, i.e. a bill without any details, Eklund said the sports book world has many facets. it starts to boggle a little. We do a lot of legislation that has that kind of feel and flavor to it. … But there are too many people with big brains out there for me to say that I have the answer.”
